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Selected Works From 2013 To 2018
About Me For me, architecture is a kind of space that mixes various facets like form, art, science, society, economy, etc. I conceive architecture as a threshold to learn about the context, the climate and the social issues, all of which architecture actually resonates to. I cannot separate the architecture from the surroundings it lies in. In fact, there is not a clear boundary between the building and the environment, or rather, they can be merged together to become an integral part. Architecture serves as an interface not only between the parts of itself but between it and the city as well. In this sense, it may reflect the inherent organization mechanisms and some social problems, making something elusive visible to the public. More importantly, it can perform as a medium for people to have a dialogue with the architect, with the artifacts inside, with the environment outside. It can resonate to people with quite different backgrounds to have extinct emotional conditions, making them excite, revere, contemplate and calm down.
Education 2018 ~ 2019
Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design Columbia University in New York
2013 ~ 2018
Bachelor of Architecture Nanchang University in China
Experiences 2017.4 ~ 2017.5
CONTENTS
Architecture Intern Tongji Architectural Design and Research Institute in Nanchang, China For this period, I am mainly responsible for the construction details design and drawings like stairs, structure, decoration details. I learned about some practical stuffs in real architecture world.
2017.1 ~ 2017.3
2015.6 ~ 2015.9
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AUTONOMY Redefining space ownership
Architecture Intern Remix Studio in Beijing, China I really achieved a lot through this internship, during which I joined the major discussions of the firm and can gradually put forward personal opinions. I made progress in terms of model skills, drawing methods and most importantly, the value of design.
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Architecture Intern Shen Silu Architecture Company in Nanjing, China
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INTERWOVEN Coordinating architecture with its environment
PORO - CITY Inserting a new system of interconnected open spaces
Through the two months, I assisted the project manager with the drawings such as plans, sections, diagrams etc. I participated in each discussion of the design process and improve a lot in terms of the value of design.
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HYBRID RAMPS Designing circulation as a sequence of spatial experiences
Contact
Skills
Phone: +1 9299906858
Photoshop
Sketchup
Illustrator
Rhino
Email: xw2575@columbia.edu
Indesign
3ds Max
Address: W501, 113th ST, NY
Acrobat
Auto CAD
English
Mandarin
Achievements Doris Wang Excellence Award 2016 International Green Architecture Competition
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Excellence Award 2016 International Solar Energy Architecture Competition
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SYMBIOSIS Interacting with the wild life
OTHER WORKS
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AUTONOMY Team design ( Individually Rework ) Team Member: Sidharth Chotangada Somana Studio Project , Summer 2018 Critic: Emmett Zeifman
The project is fighting against the common phenomenon of gentrification along the High Line. The unit system allows for the more flexible and economical ways of living and working. The building is made up of units without additional structural parts since one unit is both the space and the structure for circulation or infrastructure, which definitely works as an autonomous architecture system. Two or three units should depend on each other for structural support and sharing vertical circulation, therefore generating a kind of ownership between the upper level and the bottom level. Tenants can decide whether they want to rent the space below out or use it as a collective space like dining or cooking. There can be some partitions between different collective spaces below but all in all there is continuous openness at the bottom level. The circulation system here performs as a more private and exclusive role in the building, The existence of ownership here defines the borders of different spaces, creating a micro community which enables more possibilities of space customization of end-users.
Unit Generation
The shape of the basic unit comes from the consideration of vertical pipes and circulation. Different types and aggregations lead to different spatial experience, which influence the flow of people and space programs.
Unfolding Process
There are mainly two types of units, one is with a duct accommodating different pipes and the other one is with a staircase, serving as a more private access. The unit itself functions as the space and the structure as well. Because of the special shape, one unit cannot stand by itself but always has to depend on each other for structural support. In this sense, they share different programs and fundamental services.
Using the idea of folding, the units are easier to be prefabricated and constructed by the crane. There are mainly three types of residential clusters: three bedrooms&dining sharing, two studios and four bedrooms&toilet sharing. Placing an open market at the High Line level, we hope it can extend the life of High Line. There are no specific units at the ground floor except for several kinds of free installation, serving as an interface between the building and the society.
Upper Level Plan
Bottom Level Plan
Structural Wall Partition Wall
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4m
6m
It is easy to recognize different types of unit clusters because of the service bar including one toilet, one basin and one tub. Rooms share these "bars" for the basic programs except the studio units. Partition walls allow for more possibilities of space organizations and customizations.
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2m
4m
6m
There exists a close relationship between the part above and the below. It can be read from the structure system below that how the units above aggregate with each other. The structure, being a part of the unit, redefines borders between different open spaces.
Perspective Section
Site Plan
Concept With several circulations of people interweaving here, I want to provide citizens with an interesting spatial experience before entering and while visiting. Reconsidering the relationship between architecture, people and environment, I made lots of attempts about how to create an ambulatory walking experience through the building during the design process. To me, the continuous experience depends on not only the appropriate arrangement of architecture and landscape but the solid and the void space as well. These ambiguous void spaces which have no specific functional definition act as stimulators to activate the exchange between indoor and outdoor.
Building Red Line
P 2
0m
500
Menghai Ave
Exhibition Main Entrance 1 0
6m
12m
Open Space to the City
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Enclosure
3
Accessibility
18m
Building Red Line
Square
Outdoor Cinema
Gan
Outdoor Cafe
4
Shift For Scenery
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Up and Down
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The passage
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gch Cafe & Exhibition Hall
Auditorium & Restaurant
Exhibition Hall & Office
Rd
Gangc
rth
Fou
Cafe & Restaurant
ixth Rd
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Exhibition Secondary Entrance
Car Entrance
Outdoor Exhibition
Outdoor Saloon
Outdoor Exhibition Entrance Exhibition Secondary Entrance Office Entrance
Gangcheng Tenth Ave
Design Analysis
0.000 m Plan
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6m
12m
18m
1. Square 2. Outdoor Theater 3. Outdoor Cafe 4. Exhibition Hall 5. Indoor Resting Area 6. Outdoor Resting Area 7. Cafe 8. Outdoor Exhibition 9. Meeting Area 10. Conference Room 11. Office 12. Reception Area
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2
Visitor Circulation
Weekend Circulation
Student Circulation
Staff Circulation
Exhibition Hall
Auditorium
Corridors
Restaurant
Cafe
Staircases
Classroom
Outdoor Cafe
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Office
Outdoor Theater
12
Bookstore
Square
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6
4
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7
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8 11 9
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The circulation system is designed in a way different groups of people can access different zones of the building at different times of the day, or different days of a week. Programs distribution are also designed to allow several parts of the building to be managed seperately. The public path passing through the site lead people towards the weekend programs and is open to people from two directions, creating unexpected encountering. By having an extra porous layout of its ground floor, the building returns plenty of open spaces to the city.
Section Series
Exploded Axon
OUTDOOR SALOON
ALUMNIUM LOUVERS
EXHIBITION
CAFE
OFFICE
BOOKSTORE
SPONTANEOUS MEETING SPACES
OUTDOOR EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
RESTAURANT AUDITORIUM
SQUARE
OUTDOOR CAFE
OUTDOOR CINEMA
Physical Model
With the sinking ground, the whole architecture appears to be modest towards the city background. Interweaving shape creates more remaining spaces, where part of the trees come out, generating more spatial experiences with multiple layers. By means of introducing natural landscape and connecting surrounding circulation, sights overlap in this space. People can get distinctive visual connection from different points of views. Diverse altitudes of the ground makes the design more flexible and vivid.
Site Analysis
Design Process
Existing Challenges 1.Extreme High Density 2.Insufficient Public Space 3.Monotonous Program
Site
1.Existing Alleys
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Insufficient Public Space
High Density
300m
600m
900m
Undoubtedly, 'The village in the city' is a good idea for this project because of the intact structure and low price. In the project, I want to reactivate the site by imbedding a vigorous public path into the existing monotonous layout. Various facilities and shops are placed along the path, which can gather lots of people. People can only get access from two directions in the existing condition, but now they can reach these spaces wherever they are. Here, they can make new friends, have a pleasant conversation and get a wonderful shopping experience just at one corner of the street.
2.Make the Best Use of the Existing Module
Intact Structure
Punctual Removal
3.Inserting Voids
Rest Meadow Catering Exercise
Outdoor Facilities
Monotonous Program
Existing Module
4.Give Outdoor Spaces Different Properties
Public Paths
Indoor Facilities
5.Link Indoor Facilities to Outdoor Spaces
6.Overall Connectivity
Design Analysis
Public Spaces
A1=9440m2 =3.5%
A2=8160m2 =15.4%
A3=9360m2 =3.8%
A4=10974.6m2 =2.9%
A5=9333m2 =3.0%
A6=11485m2
L 1
=2.5%
L 2
M1
Landscape
L 1 Roof Terraces
L 3
S 1
L 2
M 2
L 3
S 1
M 1
M
M 2
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S
M
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S To Farm Product Market
M To Residential Areas
S
M To Steel Company
Public Paths To Second-hand Car Trading Market
Commercial
Residential
Leisure
To Vehicle Repairing Centre
To Vehicle 4S Shop
Office Public Square
Program Layout
I place public spaces of three different scales which can satisfy people's diverse demands. With a boardwalk going through all these spaces, I make a choice for local residents to enter the path from different directions, transforming the originally highly densed fabric into a permeable and porous environment.
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HYBRID RAMPS Personal design Studio Project , Autumn 2016 Adviser: Zhao Zhiqing , Chen Chen
Atrium motivates infinite possibilities of architecture and gives birth to a variety of activities because of its functional uncertainty. In this project, I explored many types of public spaces, regular or irregular. During the design process, I transformed the concentrated atrium space into a series of dispersed spaces at various levels. Here, atrium is not a kind of monotonously void space, but is fragmentary space with human scale and functions as circulation spaces and social spaces, which adds to the quality of a space. Besides common theater halls, I placed a continuous ramp along formal program spaces, taking good advantage of the spaces in between theaters rooms and the building envelope. Programs were not restricted in a specific form, spaces in between could also produce fantastic experience.
Site Analysis
Principle 1 Return open space to the city
link public square
open space lead association?
organization?
isolated
residential space
lift to link
bend to lead
Principle 2 Framing a view
public square entertaining area existing cinema site beach bus station
city nature
view river
architecture
site
flow of people
main road
shopping mall
public square
bus station
secondary road
residential space
sand beach
access point
parking
access
Ganjiang axis
Ganjiang
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135m
270m
405m
permeable ground floor
The site is located along Ganjiang river in Nanchang. Most of the surroundings are residential areas, lacking completely public spaces. The design aims to minimize the building's occupation of the ground, offering a generous public plaza back to the city.
sight barrier
sunken passage
raising floor
viewport frame
Principle 3
Exploded Axon
Act as an interface
residential
high density fabric
city
grass
Principle 4
Program Matrix
FORMAL
site
interface
nature
natural landscape
river
INFORMAL
simple
complex
singularity
hybrid
disconnection
continuation
Master Plan
6.000m Plan
1.Movie Theatre 2.Public Acting Area 3.Food Court 4.Shopping Centre 5.Cafe 6.Instrument Performance
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30m
60m
Formation Process
90m
0
12m
24m
36m
Section A-A
Multilayered Spaces
Vertical Connections
Visual Connection
Added Ramps
Public Spaces
Zones
Levels
Connections
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2m
4m
6m
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SYMBIOSIS 2017 Pape Bird Observation Tower Competition Team design ( Individually Rework ) Contribution: Concept , Rendering , Photoshop , Diagrams Adviser: Zhang Bo
This project intends to explore how a built structure could allow people to get a close interaction with birds without interfering the wildlife in Pape Natural Park. Here, the bird observation tower is no longer an isolated artificial structure in the forest, but a carefully planned interface between observers and birds. Birds are expected to nest besides observers, in turn people can get closer observation experiences. With one open area for birds and one close area for visitors, we try to decrease the influence of people activities, thus creating a symbiotic and harmonious environment.
Site Analysis
Concept
The bird observation tower is no longer an isolated architecture in the forest, but a sweet home for birds. We hope that people come here to appreciate the beauty of birds with the least interference. Birds can nest besides observers, in turn people are able to get closer observation experience.
11m
The interface between birds and visitors Latvia
SITE
Birds’ space
Core stair case
Perimeter stair case
Narrow space for birds
Pape Nature Park
Parking
Cycling
Hiking
Information Center
Birds Watching
Renting
Food
Camping
Observation Tower
Boat Station
Lateral stair case
Much interference to birds
Spacious space for birds & Less interference
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Local Wood Types
Platform1:17m2
Platform2:11m2
1800mm 1400mm
1400mm
1 Module system Beech
(19%)
Oak
(5%)
Birch
(28%)
Spruce
(18%)
Pine
2 Optimizing views
3 Reducing covered area
(30%) 13 Bird nests
Attribute
Application
Hardwood
Hardwood
Softwood
Hardwood
Firewood
Furniture
Instrument
Furniture
Furniture
Plywood
Flooring
Flooring
Carpentry
Carpentry
7 Observation holes
Softwood
Boat
Boat
Drawing Equipment
Building Frame
Paper
Stationery
Veneer
Interior Decoration
Paneling
Fertilizer
2000m
1500m
1500m Platform
Staircase
Weakness 480mm Pine accounts for the majority of the Latvia tree, however, we couldn't use it as the main skeleton material because of its soft attribute. We choose Spruce as our primary construction material for its hard texture. Other types of wood serve as non-load-bearing partitions, furniture and other accessories.
480mm
4 Bird nests
500mm
5 Remote observation
6 Close observation
Plan
Structure and Detailing Pin Wooden purlin
Tenon-and-mortise work Wooden rafter Pin
Platform
Wooden column
7.200
The joint of purlin and rafter
The joint of railings
up 3.600
Roof Plan
down
down
3.600m Plan
7.200m Plan
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2m
4m
Wooden grid
Platform
6m
Bridge to the road
Railing
Observation hole
Wooden column Iron sheet
Wooden column Iron sheet
Pin Concrete base
Wooden beam Pin
The joint of column and base
The joint of column and beam We chose wood structure for the building to adapt to its local environment and designed the building into a module system to accelerate its construction process. The traditional tenon-and-mortise work will make the observation tower more cost effective and be more integrated as a whole.
APPRECIATION of MASTER WORK —— KISHINO HOUSE Autumn 2013 Team Work ( Contribution: Searching Files, Cutting, Measuring ) Studio Project Advisor: Li Yan
OTHER WORKS
HOTEL DESIGN Spring 2016 Individual Work Studio Project Advisor: Wu Jing
Plinth Types
PRACTICE of ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE SURVEYING Autumn 2016 Team Work ( Contribution: Rendering, Plan, Exploded Diagram, Drawing of Plinths ) Research Project Advisor: Su Dongbin
Ground Floor Plan Columns
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3
2
3
4
4
Add Girders and Purlins
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6
5
6
4
7
6 4
4
Add Rafters and Sarkings 9
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6 4
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6
0
3m
6m
1
Forecourt
2
Gateway
3
Storeroom
4
Courtyard
5
Livingroom
6
Bedroom
7
Maid Room
8
Lobby
9
Kitchen
9m
In ancient China, plinth doesn't only serve as the load-bearing structure but also as an interior decoration. Distinctive patterns on the facade of the plinth demonstrated folk believes. Plinths with complex patterns were used in primary rooms such as living room while those with simpler patterns were used in secondary rooms like kitchen.
Whole Roof Truss
Section A-A
Chinese ancestors thought highly of the Grade and the Order, which could be seen through the layout of different kinds of rooms. There is often a central axis passing through the whole building as long as the host has a high status. With the primary rooms arranged along the axis and the secondary rooms on both sides, the whole building demonstrates a latent rule and system. 0
2m
4m
6m
LANDSCAPE DESIGN of RESIDENTIAL QUARTER
STRUCTURAL MODEL of NATIONAL GRAND THEATRE
Spring 2017
Spring 2017
Individual Work
Team Work ( Contribution: Searching Files, Cutting, Measuring )
Studio Project
Studio Project
Advisor: Long Chunying
Advisor: Tao Li
Site Plan
0
15m
30m
45m
Concept
Complex design derives from simple and ordinary elements. In this landscape project, I chose curve as the basic element. By intersecting and connecting, multiple curves generated various diverse spatial moments to form a sequence of public spaces.